Beverly's Stamping Beehive

To all the dear Mom's, Nana's, Great-Grandma's....and those who step up to take on the role of Moms - Happy Mother's Day!!! I was raised by a host of people before my Father single-handedly took over the responsibility himself after retiring from a long career in the Canadian Army.  So my 'Mom' was Mommy Crandall, the wife of Daddy Jim Crandall - long-time friends of my dad and who helped raise me from infancy till I was 3. Thereafter, Mommy and Daddy Jim remained in my life, and frankly, Mommy Crandall was every bit a Mom that I could of wished for!  Generous, with an infectious laugh and a very strong woman.  I think of her quite alot. I also must recognize my 3 Aunts for their roles as surrogate Moms!  They took a beloved interest in my life and while distance and full-time careers made it difficult initially for long visits, they did the most extraordinary things....such as the time I spotted them watching me from outside the park's pool fence - the

A lovely lady at our church, Glen Ayr has need of  ' Thank You ' cards.  She asked me for two and I thought   I would try to make them cheerful to go along with this time of year. Here they are.. . I always love the look of white background cards - something so simple and sweet about them.   Butterfly Thank You Card Pretty coral pattern paper paired with white.  The background is embossed with Stampin' Up!'s Clouds Embossing Folder. As well, my greeting is stamped and punched with their Scallop Oval and Oval Punches. The Butterfly Punch is a EK SUCCESS while the tiny butterfly is from a Martha Stewart Butterfly Trio Punch. My real fun came by creating a decorative HEART pin using a simple sewing pin and a white plastic ' heart ' bead!  After sliding on the heart bead onto the red-topped pin, I trimmed off the sharp point of the pin using my old trusty tough scissors {or craft pliers} and  then I wrapped some red crochet thread

H E LL O , h e l l o ! Whew its been awhile since I've posted - spring has brought so many things to do along with it! I am glad to say that everything seems good - with one particular important milestone:   MY DAUGHTER IS GRADUATING UNIVERSITY ! ! ! ! ! ! !   HURRAY!    I'll be doing more posts to do with this 'huge' event in our lives later on because I am going to make lots of celebration crafts to decorate our home for the days leading up to Graduation Day - and - I have some wicked projects in development.....some little memento  for my daughter's sake. So come back for those please :) So while I am having a lovely spring, there have been no shortage of other less-than-desirable outcomes. I've experienced 'foot problems' which involved trips to emergency [where the upside was a handsome British x-ray technician], alot of resting with your feet propped up high, long-awaited visit to specialist, buying all sorts of specialty items {$$